Want to connect with your western Montana open lands? Join us for events, workshops, and volunteering opportunities! This list will be updated throughout the year:
Want to support the causes you love while also reducing your tax burden? Learn about tax smart ways to support the charities you believe during a free presentation at the Missoula Public Library.
Light appetizers will be provided. Please help us plan by RSVP'ing to minette@fvlt.org. Read more about tax smart giving.
Calling all Marshall Mountain fans! Help get Missoula County's newest open space ready for spring by helping to pick up trash, clean out a buildings, and other general spring cleaning activities. Snacks and water will be provided, but please bring gloves and safety glasses if you have them. Please fill out the Marshall Mountain volunteer form to RSVP.
Come help get the pig pen ready! During this conservation easement workday, we'll establish a hog run that will reduce erosion and enable the hogs to spend the summer foraging on pasture and rooting out non-native grasses. RSVP to Mari at mari@fvlt.org.
Head down to Trail Head River Sports for the 1st Annual River Rally! The event supports river conservation organizations, celebrates the upcoming season, and offers some great deals! Things kick off with a party on the 25th, followed by a boat swap sale on the 26th! Learn more.
Join our friends at the Rock Creek Protective Association for a fence roll volutneer workday! This first workday of 2025 will take place near mile 8 on Rock Creek Road, an area that is frequented by mountain sheep ewes and lambs during spring. Volunteers will be removing fence that poses an entanglement risk to this wild sheep herd. Please RSVP to Ingrid at johnson.evavold@gmail.com.
This final workshop in will offer equipment demos and practices to support healthy soils, productive farms, and happy farmers. This event will take place at Farm Connect's LaLonde Ranch near the Missoula Airport. Register and learn more.
Support Five Valleys and the other charities you care about during Missoula and Bitterroot Gives! This two-day online giving event supports the nonprofits that make western Montana great. Please consider supporting Five Valleys! Learn more.
Join us for an evening of community and conservation as we celebrate and raise the funds needed to protect more of western Montana's open lands. Our Banquet includes a silent and live auction, a delicious dinner, and the opportunity to mingle with others who love this special place. We are at capacity for online ticket sales. Please call our office at 406-549-0755 to be added to our waitlist. Learn more.
Help prepare the Mount Dean Stone Community Forest for the recreation season before it officially opens! We will spend the workday pulling weeds and cutting back branches near trails. Lunch, snacks and drinks will be provided. RSVP to Mari at mari@fvlt.org.
Come up to Marshall Mountain Park for this brand-new trail running event that celebrates spring and connection — to each other, to the trails, and to the special place that is Marshall Mountain. The fun day will feature team relays, a 25k, a 5-Mile, and kids races. Learn more.
Join our friends at the Rock Creek Protective Association for a great day improving wildlife habitat and making friends along world-famous Rock Creek. Details of this workday are TBA, but it will run from 10am-2pm. Learn more and RSVP to Ingrid at johnson.evavold@gmail.com.
Soil Health photo by Paul Lebel
MissoulaGives photo by Five Valleys staff
Pigs courtesy of the Moon Randolph Homestead
"Mount Jumbo Magic" by Brian Christianson
Volunteer photo by Geoff Sutton
RCPA fence roll photo courtesy of RCPA
